Faint audio on TV but strong on PC (Nero)

[robere]

Nero Version 6 Ultra, Vision Express

DVDs created with the above do not seem to have the audio track when I play the DVD from my stand alone DVD palyer/TV/stereo set up. I can pipe the audio from the TV through the stereo and crank the volume on the TV and Stereo to max and just faintly hear it, so the audio track is there, its just set too low. (I use AVI files for authoring.)

When I play the same DVD on my PC using several different programs it works fine. All the other DVDs we rent and own work fine on the TV.

Why? How do I fix? Not being able to play the DVD on my TV is equivalent to owning a coaster, and I have way too many of these now from trying to fix the problem myself.

I started with Pinnacle but after problems with OOS and reading this forum I went and bought Nero. I am not interested in paying $100 for another program. Can this Nero problem be fixed?

Robere

[reboot]

Nero for burning is great. NeroVision Express for authoring isn't terrible, but Nero for encoding sucks.
Get TMPGEnc to encode, and then author in NVE.
Should solve the audio problem that is a well known issue in Nero's encoder.

[akbor75]

maybe you need to normalize the audio.
you can check this by using a program that shows the audio level (like pinnacle studion, edit studio) and plug the dvd into the line in. if the audio is lower that let's say -12 db it should be normalized.

[robere]

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Get TMPGEnc to encode, and then author in NVE.
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are you saying that I need to drag MPEGs to the NVE storyline, do my chapters, etc., then burn? I do not understand how to encode in something else then author in NVE. I drag AVI files to the story line, then go thru the steps.

[robere]

... if the audio is lower than let's say -12 db it should be normalized.

OK, so, from within NVE, how does one normalize the audio?

The audio on the NVE DVD is good when played on my computer system, and the audio is good on store bought DVDs played from the TV, but the audio is terrible! on the NVE created DVD played on the TV. Are the computer programs doing something secret in the background to boost the volume that neither I nor the TV are unaware of?

[reboot]

NVE can't normalize audio.
You need to separate the audio from video in something like virtualdub, and normalize in something like Audacity or SoundForge. Remux in tmpgenc during encoding, or leave it separate, and remux during authoring. Unfortunately, NVE does not accept separate audio and video streams to author, so you would have to use something like TMPGEnc DVD Author or DVDLab to remux during authoring.
The "computer programs" you're talking about are probably NVE and Windows Media player. Not only does NVE lower the volume of audio, it can also make it seriously out of sync with the video. WMP will only playback what's there, at it's volume, based on your computer settings. That's why we suggested tmpgenc to encode your files. It handles audio much better.